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HANSARDYouth Inmates: Solitary ConfinementI beg to move, That this House has considered youth inmates in solitary confinement. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I am pleased to lead this…02 Apr 2019HANSARDYouth Inmates: Solitary ConfinementI completely agree. That seems to be a sensible way to go forward with the problem. If we are to look at whether the use of solitary confinement is increasing, it makes sense to…02 Apr 2019HANSARDYouth Inmates: Solitary ConfinementI absolutely agree with the hon. Lady. We know that from overwhelming evidence. So many children in our prison system have undiagnosed special educational needs and disabilities.…02 Apr 2019HANSARDYouth Inmates: Solitary ConfinementI thank the hon. Member for Henley (John Howell), the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford East (Imran Hussain), and the Minister for their contributions. I…02 Apr 2019HANSARDSupport for VeteransVeterans in Hull are very fortunate to have the support of incredible people like Steve from Hull Veterans Support Centre and Paul from Hull 4 Heroes. There is an ambitious plan…25 Mar 2019HANSARDSupport for Veterans12. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of veterans’ support services in Hull.25 Mar 2019HANSARD Insect PopulationI am delighted that my hon. Friend has secured the debate. Does he agree that one way to encourage greater insect populations is to have living streets, such as the one that we…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I want to start by mentioning two incredible young people whom the Education Committee met yesterday. One young man…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsI have two quick points. One issue with the changes in the 2014 Act was that they raised the expectation of parents about raising the funding that went with it, and it continued…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsI am sorry, but the argument made by the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk), for whom I normally have a lot of respect, would feel a little more truthful were it not for the…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsOn the issue of flexibility, will the Minister encourage the Minister for School Standards to reconsider insisting that 95% of children sit the EBacc, because it is not really…20 Mar 2019HANSARDSmall Business SupportStaff working insecure hours for the Hull-based small business Grotto Hire UK, which operates Santa’s grottos, have still not been paid, and many are owed thousands of pounds. The…19 Mar 2019HANSARD InterserveInterserve has the contract for the long-awaited bridge across the A63 in my constituency, and Highways England is doing everything it can to ensure that work continues as normal.…18 Mar 2019HANSARDUniversal CreditThe Minister will know that universal credit uses Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs real-time information to determine the amount of money a claimant will receive each month. Late…18 Mar 2019HANSARDHighly Paid Professions: Girls and WomenOn 20 February I raised concerns with the Ofsted Chief Inspector that some schools are not following new safeguarding guidance on peer-on-peer sexual abuse, but at best, the Chief…14 Mar 2019HANSARDSpring StatementThe Select Committee on Education has received evidence that children with special educational needs and disabilities are getting support based not on their needs but on the…13 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. My constituent Phil suffered from addiction, became homeless and then became involved in criminal activity. Because he was given a suspended sentence, he was released from…12 Mar 2019HANSARDLiving Wage7. If he will make it his policy to pay the staff in his Department the living wage.12 Mar 2019HANSARDLiving WageI thank the Minister for his answer. I hope he is aware that I have previously raised in the House the problems relating to procurement and ensuring that every subcontractor…12 Mar 2019HANSARDSchool StandardsSurely it is impossible to raise standards in schools when 15.93% of children with special educational needs and disabilities are excluded, compared with 3.6% of children without…11 Mar 2019